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A close study has shown that the origin of the superfamily of the bees (Apoidea), feeding their larvae not on animal food, as is characteristic of the wasps, but on the nectar and pollen of flowers, is one of the most obscure problems of the evolution of the Hymenoptera.
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Malyshev, S.I. (1968). Genesis of the Bees (Apoidea). In: Richards, O.W., Uvarov, B. (eds) Genesis of the Hymenoptera and the phases of their evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7161-8_7
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